Match holder and windshield



Nov. 19, 1946. A. E. ANDON MATCH HOLDER AND WINDSHIELD Filed Oct. 27, 1944 Patented Nov. 19, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MATCH HOLDER AND WINDSHIELD Arpine E. Andon, Pelham, N. Y.

Application October 27, 1944, Serial No. 560,614

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to a match holder and wind shield and its novelty consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

The lighting of a match in the wind in order to light a cigarette, cigar or pipe has always been a difiicult problem. But this problem has become even more important since women became such general cigarette smokers as many millions of matches are now wasted daily in attempting to light cigarettes in the wind.

My device solves this problem simply and effectively by combining in a match box a wind shield that can be quickly and easily opened so as to furnish complete protection to a match as it is lighted.

Referring to the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device in the open position;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same in the closed position.

In the drawing, 3 is a match holder havin an inner container 4 rigidly secured to 3 and forming with 3 two side pockets 12 on each side and a front pocket i i.

A cover 8 is hinged at l to the back edge of the holder 3 and has side fan-like folding elements 9 and secured at their upper edges to which fold and pocket in pockets 12 where the lower ends of 9 and iii are secured to limit the movement of said cover 6 and the said folding side elements 9 and ill. A front flap element 8 is formed by turning down the front portion of cover 5 at 8a which pockets in front pocket 14 when the cover 5 is shut down to the closed position.

A suitable match striker 5 is rigidly secured to the front of the holder 3 and the matches I! are held in the inner container 4 and the cover 6 has a cut out E5 to receive the finger of the person using it in order to more readily open the cover 6.

A second or inner cover 16 is hinged in the usual well known manner to the back edge of the inner container 4 so as to cover the matches II and protect them against accidental ignition when a 2 match is struck and held in the wind shield. pocket formed by the open cover 6 and its connection 9, l0 and 8.

In using my match holder and wind shield it Will be carried in the pocket or in a bag in the closed position as shown in Figure 2. When it is taken out for use, the opening 15 in the cover 6 permits the user to readily open said cover 6 and with it the fan-like folding elements 9 and I B will open with it and flap 8 will also take the position shown in Figure 1 whereby a perfect wind shield on five sides is formed as the back of 6 is faced to the wind. The inner cover IE will then be raised to remove a match II and immediately closed to protect the matches H and then the match I I will be struck on 5 and the lit match held within the wind shield space formed by said open cover 6 and its connections and the cigarette, cigar or pipe held in the mouth of user brought as to the lighting end into said wind shield space into contact with the lighted match when the user will draw on the cigarette, cigar or pipe thereby insuring adequate time to properly secure :a light even though there may be a heavy wind blowing.

My device is capable of many variations and such variations are contemplated in the disclosure and claim.

What I claim is:

In a match holder, the combination of an open top match container within said holder, two side pockets and a front pocket in said match holder at the side and front Walls of the container, respectively, a windshield hingedly secured to the back edge of said container, two foldable fan-like sides each having one end fastened in one of said side pockets and the opposite ends being secured to said windshield, a turned down flap secured to the front edge of said windshield adapted to pocket in said front container pocket, a protective cover member for said container hingedly mounted under said windshield to the back edge of said container and match striking means on said container.

ARPINEE E. ANDON. 

